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OpenAI Launches Codex — A Smarter, Autonomous AI Coding Agent in ChatGPT

xAI Blames Grok's “White Genocide” Responses on Unauthorized System Prompt Change

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Mcdonald Odijie
May 16, 2025

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OpenAI Launches Codex — A Smarter, Autonomous AI Coding Agent in ChatGPT

OpenAI has launched Codex, an AI coding agent in ChatGPT powered by the new codex-1 model. It writes, tests, and debugs code in a cloud-based environment, integrates with GitHub, and can handle multiple engineering tasks in real-time.

xAI Blames Grok's “White Genocide” Responses on Unauthorized System Prompt Change

xAI says Grok's repeated mentions of “white genocide” were caused by an unauthorized system prompt change that violated company policy. The glitch exposed vulnerabilities in AI prompt controls and sparked broader concerns about real-time AI moderation on public platforms. Follow up What safeguards can prevent such issues? How does xAI plan to restore trust? What are the ethical implications for similar AI?

Windsurf Launches SWE-1: Custom AI Models Aimed at Full-Stack Software Engineering

Windsurf, a startup known for AI-powered “vibe coding” tools, launched its own AI models called SWE-1 to support the entire software engineering process—not just coding. SWE-1 competes with top models like GPT-4.1 and Claude 3.5, signaling Windsurf’s push beyond app-building amid a rumored $3B OpenAI acquisition.

Sam Altman: ChatGPT Could One Day “Remember Your Whole Life” — Visionary or Creepy?

Sam Altman envisions a future where ChatGPT can remember your entire life — from every conversation and email to books and data — acting as a personal operating system. While powerful, this raises major privacy, security, and autonomy concerns.

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At its Knowledge 2025 event last week, ServiceNow made it clear that it is not simply adding AI to existing workflows, but rethinking how enterprise systems operate.

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